Revival Fires

This land has been scorched Unrecognizable black Return to nothing After golden harvests of past This land was choked With resentment and lingering remnants This land was begging for breath And pleading to be peeled back And with this piece of earth And with our lives inescapably intertwined To start from scratch is all we ask Now that the ruin has been wreaked The song we sing while we work Must be written while we work Today, Tonight's meal must be killed Tomorrow must be earned Will forgiveness be granted? A scandal for every sinner In this enchanted town With a growing gnawing fear of winter And memories that won't leave us alone This land was choked with resentment And lingering remnants This land was begging for breath And pleading to be peeled back And with this piece of earth And with our lives inescapably intertwined To start from scratch is all we ask Now that the ruin has been wreaked And the trial is upon you Time is the only true victor Crucible Let this day the blood of immigrant Furthest from the home Trickle out and spill into the hole Problems follow so we face Stand on the singed shore Let the waves wash over you Today is burning Tomorrow is ripe